Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, neapolitan layer cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Neapolitan Layer Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Neapolitan Layer Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Neapolitan Cake is definitely a lavish cake! It's gorgeous to look at, and even better to eat. Three layers of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry cakes with silky Swiss meringue Buttercream frosting in the same three flavors on top. Add on a few ice cream cones and and drippy chocolate ganache and you have a stunner of a cake!
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have neapolitan layer cake using 38 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Neapolitan Layer Cake:
- Take FOR THE CHOCOLATE CAKE
- Get 6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- Take 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar
- Take 1/4 cup canola oil
- Take 1 large egg
- Take 1/2 cup cold coffee. instant or brewed
- Take 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Get 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Take FOR THE VANILLA CAKE
- Prepare 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Take 2 large egg whites
- Get 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 cup granulated sugar
- Prepare 8 tbsp unsalted butter. at room temperature
- Get 3/4 cup milk
- Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Take FOR THE STRAWBERRY CAKE
- Get 1 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- Get 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 1 cup granulated sugar
- Get 1 1/2 oz strawberry jello powder, 1/2 of a 3 ounce box
- Get 8 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Get 2 large eggs
- Get 1/2 cup milk
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready 1/4 cup dtrawberry puree from hulling and slicing about 1/2 pint fresh strawberry and blending until smooth
- Take FROSTINGS
- Prepare 1 recipe White Chocolate Ganache, recipe attached in direction step# 19
- Prepare 1 recipe zchocolate Ganache recipe attached in direction step# 20
- Get GARNISH
- Make ready fresh strawberrys
- Prepare 1/4 cup chocolate and muti cored sprinkles
So this Neapolitan Cake is made using the ONE cake batter The perfect spin-off of my favourite Chocolate Chip Cake, this three layer beauty is essentially a vanilla cake made with butter, sugar, flour - and a little sour cream. The cake batter is then divided into three. Place the chocolate cake layer on a small cake stand. Add the strawberry layer on top, and repeat with the frosting.
Steps to make Neapolitan Layer Cake:
- MAKE CAKES.
- For all three cakes, preheat oven to 350. Spray 6 - 8 inch cake pans with baking spray
- MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE
- In a bowl whisk flour. Cocoa powder, baking sofa, baking powder and salt
- In a large bowl best sugar oil and egg until combined add 1/2 of flour mixture and stir until just combined
- Add coffee, buttermilk and vanilla. Then add remaing flour mixture and beat just until smooth
- Divide between 2 of the prepared cake pans and bake about 15 to 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean Cool 20inutes in pan before removing to cool completely
- MAKE VANILLA CAKE
- In a bowl whisk together flour ,baking powder and salt
- In a large bowl beat egg whites until stiff peaks form
- In another large bowl beat butter and sugar,until light and fluffy. Beat in half the flour mixture, stir in milk, and vanilla, add remaining flour mixture and stir just until blended
- Fold 1/3 of egg whites into batter, then add remaining folding in 2 more additions. Pour into 2 prepared pans and bake 12 to 19 minutes until a toothpick just comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing from pans to cool completely
- MAKE STRAWBERRY CAKE
- In a bowl whisk together, flour, baling powder and salt
- In a large bowl beat sugar, jello powder and butter until light , beat in eggs one at a time until smooth
- Alternate flour mixture with milk and vanilla stirring just until combined, fold in strawberry puree until uniform in color. Pour into remain in 2 pans. Bake 18 to 25 MI utes u til a toothpick comes out jut clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan the cool completely
- ASSEMBLE CAKE
- Place 1 chocolate layer bottom side up on serving plate
- Frost with layer of White chocolate ganache frosting, recipe attached below - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/359637-white-chocolate-ganache-whipped-frosting-filling
- Add 1 layer of vanilla cake, bottom side up and frost with Chocolate Ganache frosting, recipe attached below - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/352391-whipped-chocolate-ganache-frosting-filling
- Add 1 layer of strawberry cake, bottom side up and frost with White chocolate ganache frosting
- Add last vanilla layer, bottom side up and frost with Chocolate Ganache
- Add last chocolate layer and frost with chocolate ganache
- Add last white layer top side up and frost entire cake with White chocolate ganache
- Garnish with fresh strawberrys and sprinkles
Place the chocolate cake layer on a small cake stand. Add the strawberry layer on top, and repeat with the frosting. Finally, add the vanilla cake layer on top and apply a thin crumb coat of buttercream. This neapolitan layer cake is as beautiful as it is tasty. The three different flavors of cake are a delight, and the buttercream frosting is to die for!
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